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SUMMARY:Research by Design: Theory or Practice? / EDAR\, FAR
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Paolo Tombesi (EPFL)\, Kerstin Thompson (KTA\, and RMIT Uni
 versity\, Melbourne)\, Milinda Pathiraja (RAW\, Colombo)\, Hannah Rober
 tson (Melbourne School of Design)\, Elli Mosayebi (ETHZ)\, Sascha Roes
 ler (AAM)\, Elena Cogato Lanza (EPFL)\n \nIts professional nature notw
 ithstanding\, architecture is seldom studied through the activity - design
  - which characterises its material development. Initiated by the EPFL Do
 ctoral Program in Architecture and Science of the City (EDAR)\, the 2023 
 edition of the public seminar SCHOLARS in Transition seeks to focus on t
 he particular\, still little understood\, type of research\, done ‘thr
 ough’ design.\n\nResearch by Design: Theory or Practice?\n\nWhat does de
 sign mean in this context\, though\, and specifically within doctoral stu
 dies? Is it an act required to validates hypotheses\, hence following trad
 itional scholarly methods rather than replacing them? Or is it a reflectio
 n that generates theories by collating relevant data synthetically rather 
 than analytically? In both cases\, how can rigour be ascertained in the wo
 rk carried out? Does the Cartesian method used in sciences apply? Or is de
 sign a method of conceptual investigation that belongs exclusively in the 
 humanities?\n\nTo address these and other related issues\, three internat
 ional award-winning architects with a PhD by Design in their curriculum 
 vitae will present and discuss their experience\, the reasons behind thei
 r advanced study choice\, and the impact this choice has had over their wo
 rk and careers. A round table with representatives of doctoral programs 
 and research in Architecture at ETHZ and Accademia di Architettura Mendris
 io will debate on doctoral scholarship by design and its cultural perspect
 ives.\n\nProgram\n10h00-10h45 Paolo Tombesi (EPFL)\, Scholarship by des
 ign: Questions of method\n10h45-12h00 Kerstin Thompson (KTA\, and RMIT U
 niversity\, Melbourne)\, Combining people and place\n12h00-13h15 Break\n1
 3h15-14h30 Milinda Pathiraja (RAW\, Colombo)\, Imagining labour\n14h45-
 16h00 Hannah Robertson (Melbourne School of Design)\, Weaving regional 
 threads\n16h15-17h45 Roundtable: Scholarship by design - Cultural perspec
 tives\nWith Elli Mosayebi (ETHZ)\, Sascha Roesler (AAM)\, Elena Cogat
 o Lanza (EPFL)\, and presenters.\n17h45-18h00 Closing words\n\nThe semina
 r will be held on March 31\, at the Forum d'architecture Lausanne F'AR\
 , Av. Villamont 4\, Lausanne.\n\nThe seminar is open to all. Taken as a Ph
 D seminar\, it corresponds to 1 ECTS. More info here: EDAR Coursebook.\n
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